The inner portion of the adrenal gland that consists mainly of chromaffin cells which produce, store and secrete neurotransmitters such as epinephrine and norepinephrine. [ MP:0008289 MESH:A06.407.071.265 http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/llw2 ]
Synonyms: medulla glandulae suprarenalis medulla of suprarenal gland medulla of adrenal gland medulla (glandula suprarenalis) adrenal gland medulla suprarenal medulla
Term information
- MAT:0000495
- MA:0000119
- XAO:0000166
- VHOG:0001378
- GAID:451
- BTO:0000049
- EV:0100137
- SCTID:362585001
- Wikipedia:Adrenal_medulla
- NCIT:C12397
- EFO:0000852
- CALOHA:TS-0018
- MESH:D019439
- AAO:0011010
- EMAPA:18428
- UMLS:C0001629 (ncithesaurus:Adrenal_Medulla)
- FMA:15633
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All craniates have groups of cells homologous to the mammalian adrenocortical and chromaffin tissues (medulla), but they are scattered in and near the kidneys in fishes. (...) The cortical and chromaffin tissues come together to form adrenal glands in tetrapods.[well established][VHOG]
Term relations
- medulla of organ
- neural crest-derived structure
- mesoderm-derived structure
- part of some adrenal gland
- develops from some neural crest
- contributes to morphology of some adrenal gland
- has part some type II cell of adrenal medulla
- has part some chromaffin cell of adrenal gland
- surrounded by some adrenal cortex
- has part some type I cell of adrenal medulla